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RTS 2024 Generosity Report

Many of our Reformed Theological Seminary friends and supporters have probably been receiving the RTS 2024 Generosity Report that was just recently mailed out. It is a testimony to God’s generous provision and to the faithful, sacrificial giving of thousands of our partners. We give thanks for what the Lord has supplied, what he has enabled us to do, and indeed what he has given us the privilege to do for him, for the church, this last year. Below are just a few of the highlights. In 2024, RTS donors contributed $12.9 million to RTS, supporting 2,038 students, and enabling them to take…

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An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Morning December 9, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Child” Isaiah 9:1-7 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Isaiah chapter 9. We’re going to give special attention to verses 6 and 7, but I want to read Isaiah 9:1-7 so that you have an appreciation of the context. Last Sunday morning we began our series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament,” by looking at the story of Adam and Eve's fall in Genesis 3. And I think that if you look at Genesis 3 and the passage that we looked at last Lord's Day Evening, Isaiah 7, and then again Isaiah 9 this morning and Isaiah 11 this evening, you’ll begin to see a pattern develop. And I…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Morning December 2, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Christ in the Old Testament — The Seed” Genesis 3:1-19 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis 3. We’re beginning this morning our month-long December series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament.” And just as David said as he was reading Jeremiah 7 this morning that those who do not know their need and their brokenness are not in a position to adequately rejoice at the provision that is given to us in the mercy of God, so it is also true that we're not ready to rejoice in the good tidings of Christmas, the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, His incarnation, and advent in this world, until we understand…

An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old…

The Lord's Day Evening December 2, 2012 “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament — The Virgin” Isaiah 7:1-25 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Isaiah chapter 7. We’re going to read the whole chapter tonight so that you have the context of the very famous verse, Isaiah 7:14, in mind as we explain it. This is the second of our series, “An Ancient Christmas: The Coming of Jesus in the Old Testament.” And this prophecy dates from more than six hundred years before Christ would be born in Bethlehem. Let me tell you what I want to do tonight. I want to first explain to you the story that is recorded for us in Isaiah chapter 7, especially looking at 2 Kings chapter 16, a passage which describes the…

On Christian Freedom

Now let me go ahead and tell you something. Tonight's message is really a one-point message. Now there will be four steps in that one-point message but it's really a one-point message! And I can sum up that one-point message in the final line of the little song that we're going to sing at the end of the service. “Christ-bought freedom. Grace-wrought holiness.” And here's the one-point message: Our Christ-bought freedom as Christians does not contradict grace-wrought holiness…

On Christian Freedom

The Lord's Day Evening November 25, 2012 “On Christian Freedom” Romans 14:13-23 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Now let me go ahead and tell you something. Tonight's message is really a one-point message. Now there will be four steps in that one-point message but it's really a one-point message! And I can sum up that one-point message in the final line of the little song that we're going to sing at the end of the service. “Christ-bought freedom. Grace-wrought…

Our Concern, Desire, Purpose, and Fruit

The Lord's Day Morning November 25, 2012 “Our Concern, Desire, Purpose, and Fruit” Romans 15:22-29 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 15. We’ll be looking at verses 22 to 29 today. Last Lord's Day Evening, we looked at Romans 13 verses 1 to 7 and thought about what the Christian response ought to be to the 2012 elections. Today and tonight we’ll be looking at Romans 15 and 14, respectively. These…

Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: Double…

The Lord's Day Morning November 18, 2012 “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: Double Benediction” 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the second letter to the Thessalonians, chapter 3, and we're going to be looking at the final three verses of this letter. We've come to the end of our study of these two letters of Paul. You remember we said that 1 Thessalonians 1 was about living life…

A Christian Response to the 2012 Elections

The Lord's Day Evening November 18, 2012 “A Christian Response to the 2012 Elections” Romans 13:1-7 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III One of my interns pointed out to me that four of the sermons in the Romans series had, for one reason or another, not been recorded, so we had an entire series of messages covering from Romans 1 all the way to Romans 16, but we were missing four of them. And in order to complete that series, which that intern is turning into a series of articles that…

Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return:…

The Lord's Day Morning November 11, 2012 “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: Working Night and Day” 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, verses 6 to 15. You’ll see, if you’re using the pew Bible, a page number for that passage, as we continue our way through the book of 2 Thessalonians together. This is the penultimate message on this little letter, the second to…

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